Massaging implement.



A. M. DUNDER. MASSAGING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1910.

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ATTORNE ANNA M. DUNDEE, OF WILBER, NEBRASKA.

MASSAGING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Application filed July 18, 1910. Serial No. 572,523.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA M. DUN-DER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Vilber, in the county of Saline and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Massaging Implements, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles and particularly to a comb, the invention relating more particularly to a massaging implement of the comb type.

An object of this invention is to produce a comb having rollers in the ends of its teeth, novel means being provided for mounting the rollers therein and the said teeth having novel configuration whereby the said teeth may act or operate to part the hair in order that the rollers may come in contact with the scalp.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a comb having an attachment therefor in order that the said comb will act as a massaging implement, the said comb comprising hollow sections joined together and so arranged as to confine the massaging rollers therein while at the same time exposing the said rollers at the ends of the teeth in order that the said rollers may contact with the scalp.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several Views, in which Figure 1 illustrates a sectional view showing the two halves of the comb; Fig. 2 illustrates a view in elevation showing the side of the comb; Fig. 3 illustrates a view in elevation of a fragment of one of the teeth; Fig. 4; illustrates a sectional View through a fragment of one of the teeth with a roller in place; Fig. 5 illustrates an end view of one of the teeth with a roller applied; and Fig. 6 illustrates a detail view of the roller broken away to show a pin in elevation.

In these drawings 7 denotes one section of the comb which .is preferably hollow and 8 denotes the companion section, which sections may be secured together in any appropriate way, as by screws 9. The sections when joined together form the teeth 10 half of each tooth being on one section and half on the opposite section. Each tooth has journal bearings 11 and 12 therein for the reception of the journals of the rollers 13 which have their peripheries projecting just beyond the ends of the teeth in order that they may come in contact with the scalp. The teeth are elongated transversely of the comb to accommodate the rollers and taper from the center to the sides thereof terminating at the sides in points which serve to part the hair when the comb is applied thereto. The rollers and journals may be integral as shown in Fig. l or they may be separate parts as shown in Fig. 6.

In using the comb it is preferable to hold the same obliquely with respect to the surface to be treated in order that the edges or points of the teeth may separate the hair as stated and owing to the fact that the peripheries of the rollers project slightly beyond the ends of the teeth they will roll over the scalp and thus excite circulation re sulting in the usual benefit of the massage treatment.

I claim In a comb, a hollow body comprising two sections, each section having half teeth thereon, rollers journaled in and projecting beyond the ends of the teeth, said teeth being tapered from the center to the edges transversely of the comb.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNA M. DUNDER.

Witnesses:

PAUL C. DYBBRO C. M. ROWLAND. 

